harajuku

This is the second in an ongoing series of blog posts about travelling to Asia as a woman. This week, we focus on Japan. See our previous story on China. Japan is well-regarded for its neon lights, its Harajuku phenomenon, onsen baths, the way of the samurai, outright cleanliness and…

On a typical Tuesday afternoon, Tokyo’s Harajuku neighbourhood looks much like the rest of the city with vertical neon signs, narrow laneways with busy restaurants, and young students walking hand in hand wearing matching school uniforms. But the more you walk around this fascinating part of town, the more you…